If you randomly ask some children on the\nstreet whether they know how to play a musical instrument or not, eight (or\nnine) out of ten will reply with a \u201cyes\u201d. Piano, violin, flute, cello, double\nbase, drum, trumpet\u2026 These musical instruments can be found in nowadays\nchildren\u2019s houses. In the past, not all children had the chance to learn to\nplay musical instruments. Only a few of them could learn how to play one.\nHowever, nowadays almost all children know how to play one (or more). Why would\nthis happen? That\u2019s because some schools have a policy called \u201cAll students\nmust learn to play at least one musical instrument.\u201d For me, I disagree with\nthis policy. In my opinion, I don\u2019t think students MUST learn to play any\nmusical instruments. They have the choice to choose whether they want to learn\nor not. They should not be forced to learn by the school. They should treat it\nas a hobby–they can do it whenever they want. Moreover, there are some more\nimportant reasons why I disagree with this policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First of all, not all students\u2019 families can\nafford the high cost of the musical instruments and its lessons\u2019 fees. A\nmusical instrument is very expensive, for high quality ones it can cost a\nthousand to a hundred thousand. The lessons\u2019 fees aren\u2019t cheap either, they can\nalso cost a hundred to a thousand for each lesson. And also we still have the\ncost of maintaining the musical instruments service (such as fixing the\nstrings) and its cleaning and maintaining products. By adding these numbers up,\nit will be a huge sum of money and a big burden. Not all families can afford\nthis sum of money. People have already spent a lot in their \u201cnecessary list\u201d,\nstill they have to save money for the future, make investments, there is no\nroom for them to spend money on their children\u2019s musical instruments and its\nlessons. Not to mention the poor\nfamilies. They have low income, sometimes they couldn\u2019t even buy daily\nnecessities, how can they let their children learn to play a musical instrument?\nSome of you may say that they can get sponsors, welfare and scholarships.\nHowever, are they really enough for them? Every month two to five thousand? I\nam not positive that they can afford it. Therefore, I think students from low\nincome families can choose to learn to play a musical instrument or not. It is\nvoluntary for them, not compulsory. In other words, it is not a \u201cmust\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Second, nowadays students are very busy.\nTheir schedule is closely packed. They have a lot of homework and exercise,\nlots of other tutorial lessons to attend\u2026 They don\u2019t have much time to learn\none more thing. It will be a burden for them if they have one more lesson to\nattend and also hard for them to leave some time for practice. This will make\nthem very busy, and have a lot of pressure. They will have less time to take a\nrest and do their favourite things, and they may even have to stay up late\nbecause they still have things to do. They can\u2019t balance their time. This is\nalso not good for their health. Therefore, I think students who already have a\nlot of things to do and only have very little time left, can choose to learn to\ntake another lesson and thing to learn or not. It is important for them to\nrethink whether they have time or not. It is voluntary for them, not\ncompulsory. In other words, it is not a \u201cmust\u201d too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Someone may say that this policy is actually\nfor their own good. This policy can help the students to develop a new hobby\nand talent. This talent is good for their future. Yes, it may be true. However,\nthis may also bring more bad effects to the students than good effects. In some\nstudents\u2019 point of view, they don\u2019t think that learning to play the musical\ninstrument is a hobby. They will just think that it\u2019s just another homework\ngiven by the school. A homework that does not contain any marks. Then they will\nnot take it seriously, and won\u2019t learn it wholeheartedly. That is because they\ndo not have the interest. Then they won\u2019t like this musical instrument or may\neven hate it. They won\u2019t take a lot of time to practice, and they cannot\nperform well in the end. This wastes both time and money. Now some of you will\nbe saying again, not all the students will think like that. Some good students\nwill take it seriously. They will put a lot of heart and effort on it. They\nwill love it. Umm then let me say like this: if the students put too much heart\nenergy and time on practicing the instrument, they will have less time to do\nother things. This may also affect their studies. The most common example is\nthe students spend too much time on practicing the instrument and forget or\neven don\u2019t want to study, and their study results are affected. Comparing\nstudies and hobbies and talent, I think studies are more important. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In short, I disagree that all students must\nlearn to play at least one musical instrument, as some of their families may\nnot have the ability to afford the high cost of the instruments, the time to\npractice and learn how to play the instrument, the interest and the heart.\nTherefore, I think it is not a must for students to learn at least one musical\ninstrument. They can choose to take it or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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